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Riot Round-Up: The Best Books We Read in June

American Gods by Neil Gaiman  I’ve been putting this one off for a while. Sure, it’s probably the most widely ...

A Love Letter to Maverick Novels

I recently read Kindred by Octavia Butler, a 1979 novel that tells the story of Dana Franklin, an African-American woman ...

Are Novellas Coming Back Into Style?

I was so excited to hear that Pulitzer finalist Karen Russell (author of novel Swamplandia! and short story collections St. ...

In Translation: May Fiction

So I hear that there aren’t only two countries on this planet (1.America, 2. everybody else), but nearly 200! Two ...

5 Books to Watch for in May

May is a magical month for books! Here’s a look at 5 that I am super excited to find on ...

When’s The Last Time You Were Haunted By a Book?

As long as I can remember, we had a copy of Katherine Dunn’s Geek Love in our family library. I remember ...

Books To Get You In The Passover Spirit

It’s that time again, ladies and gents: that’s right, the Passover and Easter season. Easter bunnies everywhere, Manischewitz wine flying ...

Black Authors’ Best B-Sides

Less famous books by famous Black women.

Weekend Giveaway: A FAIRY TALE by Jonas T. Bengtsson

This weekend’s giveaway is sponsored by A Fairy Tale by Jonas T. Bengtsson. A young boy grows up with a loving father ...

Breaking Into Crime Fiction

In the spirit of a “reading challenge,” I decided earlier this year to devote the entire month of March to ...